1:30pm Saturday 16th January 2010
IT’S BUSINESS as usual - that’s the message from Kendal Town after an appeal against manager Lee Ashcroft’s three-month ban means that he can carry on managing the club until a hearing takes place.
Town secretary Craig Campbell said the club will have completed the paperwork involved in the appeal to go back to the FA by Monday.
Arranging a hearing could take up to 21 days afterwards, he said, so it could be the end of January before the matter is decided.
Neither the club or Ashcroft, who is to be represented by the PFA, were making any further comment on the FA imposed ban when contacted by the Gazette this week.
However, while the snow may have stopped but a quick resumption in fixtures for Town may have to wait until next week.
Prospects of Saturday’s home Premier Division match against Ashton United going ahead at Parkside were “non-existent” according to Mr Campbell.
“There are two inches of snow lying on the pitch and underneath that is two or three more of ice and the pitch itself is frozen.”
It would be Town’s fifth consecutive postponement.
So attention moves to back-to-back cup and league matches against Burscough next Tuesday and Saturday, January 19 and 30.
“They’re in similar position to us,” said Mr Campbell. “There is a bit more of a thaw there, so there may be a chance.”
A pressing concern for Town is generating income as they have had no home league fixtures since Ossett Town on December 5.
A possible moneyspinner in the leage cup against well-supported FC United fell flat with a poor crowd because of the appalling weather and the gate receipts, of course, were split..
Town players are deferring their expenses for travelling to training to help and they are also organising a fund-raising evening at The Park during February, with details to be released to later.
The club is also promoting its part in the Gold Bond Lottery scheme, in which its has 700 members and has been participating for eight years.
The Supporters Club has agreed to supply door-to-door collectors in the short term after the main local collecter retired after seven years in the job.
“It’s a vital source of income worth more than £10,000 a year and one we cannot afford to lose, “said Mr Campbell.
The Gold Bond, adopted by many non-league clubs, is a weekly draw with a top prize of £2,000 plus over 300 other prizes from £5 to £500 every single week. There is also a £10,000 jackpot every year as well.
Entry costs from just £1 per week for 7 numbers, offering seven chances to win every week, and every 70p of the pound goes back to Town.
More details of the scheme can be found on the Kendal Town official website.
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